Konami’s Devil May Cry has been around for some time and, as weird as it sounds, it hasn’t changed that much. If you look at the world around, you will see that most of the franchises that have reached their 4th or 5th iteration have changed something – and some changes were good (Resident Evil 4 comes to mind here, or Final Fantasy XII, two games in which everything was redesigned to make them ultimately cool) while others sucked ass real bad (take any EA game that tried to polish some crap).
But the Devil stays the same. I’ve only played the first and the third game and, except for the graphics and some new gameplay features, everything in the same. Take, for example, the main character – you don’t play with Dante anymore, but some new funky kid name Nero – that’s about the only difference there is between the two. Nero has the same mucho-cocky attitude, wears the same clothes, even goes to the same barber. And guess what weapons he has – a sword and a gun – totally different person. (Of course, I only played a few levels and maybe later I’ll find out that they really are the same person)
Don’t get me wrong – the fact that the game is the same is not a bad thing, as it delivers exactly what I was expecting from it – hardcore demon slaying action. On plus of that you get, as a bonus, some sort of story, and so far it has been pretty engaging for this sort of game. Playing it, it reminds me of God of War, and it’s clear Kratos borrowed some of the design of the initial DMC. Nero’s new ability is the newest shit in 3rd person action/arcade/adventure games, something we’ll just call “the grappling hook”. You know how the Dark Price had chains in The Two Thrones and he used them in jumping puzzles? Or Kratos’ chain blades in the second coming of God of War? Well, Nero has a demon hand, and it extends and catches fuckers. And he can also use it in jumping puzzles… and other stuff.
Think I’ve said enough for now… maybe one more thing – haven’t tried it personally but I heard, and expect it to be so from previous adventures, that the controls from the keyboard are on the sucky part. Lucky for me I just bought a XBOX gamepad and it runs on the uber smooth side.
-MasterX
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